Masters Theses
Abstract
"Glass-ceramics have demonstrated the potential to serve as composite matrices due primarily to their low moduli of elasticity, and relative ease of densification. Novel candidates for a glass-ceramic composite matrix, developed initially for radiological applications, lie in the yttria-alumino-silicate system. The specific composition chosen for a composite matrix in weight percent was 40Y2O3*30Al2O3*30SiO2, termed YAS-7. This composition exhibited polymorphic phase changes during initial investigation as a composite matrix. The crystalline products of YAS-7 were found to be mullite and alpha-Y2Si2O7 or mullite and beta-Y2Si2O7. A series of heat treatments was conducted to better understand the characteristics related to the presence of each polymorphic phase and to investigate the relationships between them. Optical microscopy and x-ray diffraction were used to characterize the results of the various heat treatments"--Abstract, page ii.
Advisor(s)
Moore, Robert E., 1930-2003
Committee Member(s)
Day, D. E.
Dharani, Lokeswarappa R.
Department(s)
Materials Science and Engineering
Degree Name
M.S. in Ceramic Engineering
Sponsor(s)
McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Company
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Publication Date
Spring 1989
Pagination
xi, 73 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 52-54).
Rights
© 1989 Michael Craig Long, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Thesis Number
T 5839
Print OCLC #
20186908
Electronic OCLC #
1089932927
Link to Catalog Record
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http://merlin.lib.umsystem.edu/record=b2171685~S5Recommended Citation
Long, Michael Craig, "Polymorphism of Y₂Si₂O₇ in an yttria alumino silicate glass ceramic" (1989). Masters Theses. 741.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/741
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